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Faculty consider making Wednesday holiday
By Jon Silman | Nov. 18, 2010Faculty senators discussed a proposal to not hold classes on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in future years.
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Professor part of nation-wide research team
By Robin Pisan | Nov. 9, 2010The room was packed, and Pam Soltis was especially nervous.
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UF professor, born deaf, triumphs over difficulties
By Rashielle Teape | Nov. 9, 2010Michael Tuccelli listened to the sound of a chirping frog for over an hour, fascinated.
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UF professor Haridopolos faces ethics investigation
By Morgan Watkins | Oct. 28, 2010The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Haridopolos didn’t fully disclose financial information from 2004 to 2008.
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Professor loses 10 years of racism research to burglars
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston has spent the past 10 years studying racism in Nova Scotia — but now all of her research is gone.
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UF professor discovers new fish species from Thailand
By Morgan Watkins | Oct. 18, 2010Holding a two-inch fish, Larry Page runs his thumb along the yellow skin beneath its eye.
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Former professor showcases green waste invention
By Sara Solano | Oct. 11, 2010Alex Green takes his name literally. Green, a retired UF physics professor and founder of Green Liquid and Gas Technologies, showcased his new environmentally conscious invention on Sunday afternoon at the Open House and Biochar Event.
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I was cursed out by Bob Dylan
By Andrew Gordon | Oct. 6, 2010Like he did in 1976 and then again in 1988, English professor emeritus Andrew Gordon will watch Bob Dylan take the stage on UF territory on Friday. But years before he witnessed Dylan rock The Gator Nation, he had a not-so-polite run-in with the folk legend in the Big Apple.
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Would my professors pass Facebook 101?
By Jessica Poitevien | Sep. 29, 2010It’s weird to think that our professors exist outside the lecture hall — never mind on your newsfeed.
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Opinions vary about professors cursing
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Sep. 6, 2010Romantic literature tends to deal with the seedier things in life, but UF freshman Jamie Chute doesn’t see why her English professor needed to drop F-bombs in class.
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UF honors professor to appear on Jeopardy! episode
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Aug. 22, 2010On July 27, Kevin Knudson, the UF Honors Program director, wasn’t searching for answers.
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UF history professor receives award for book
By MINCH MINCHIN | June 2, 2010Steven Noll, a professor in the UF department of history, has been given the Florida Historical
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Professor invents seafood inspection method
By ANDREW PANTAZI | May 17, 2010The stench of a spoiled economy, rotten gas prices and oil-contaminated fish is emanating from the Gulf of Mexico.
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UF honors prof
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 23, 2010Assistant professor Norman Lewis has taught his way into the hearts of his students and colleagues.
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UF employee helps in Haiti
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 15, 2010Four days after the earthquake hit, Jason Byrd was in Haiti counting bodies.
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UF faculty to receive more academic freedom, better sabbaticals
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 17, 2010After five years of bargaining with UF administration, the United Faculty of Florida at UF has approved a new contract by a vote of 491 to 4.
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Students, professor comment on State of the Union
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 28, 2010After a difficult year and the end of a turbulent decade, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address evoked opinions from both sides of the political spectrum.
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Senators pass resolution on Middle-East conflict
By CAROLYN TILLO | Dec. 8, 2009After several weeks of debate, the Student Senate finally passed a resolution related to the conflict in the Middle East on Tuesday.
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Professor one of four to receive Rosa Parks award
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Nov. 16, 2009Calm and powerful.
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UF announces plan to cut remaining $6M
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 9, 2009Under recently formulated plans to cut the last $6 million from UF's budget this year, the university could leave as many as 60 faculty positions unfilled.
